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The UC Berkeley Financial Aid and Scholarships Office released the scholarship application for students who would receive private financial aid under the first part of the California DREAM Act starting January 2012. The $8,000 Berkeley Undergraduate Dream Act Scholarship — which was formed after Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB 130Read More…

At its meeting Wednesday afternoon, the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate will discuss a report on potential university governance and leadership reforms. The academic senate will present both majority and minority analysis of a report produced by a committee charged to “collect, study and formulate a set of ReformRead More…

UC Berkeley research shows a more dynamic role for stem cells and insulin in the intestine, a finding that could have implications for diabetes treatment. The research, which was published in the journal Cell on Oct. 28, shows that the quantity of intestinal stem cells grows or shrinks to accommodateRead More…

UC Berkeley officials have until Dec. 12 to decide if the campus wants to be considered for participation in one or more financial aid “experiments” that will alter requirements and distribution for federal financial aid. The U.S. Department of Education invited postsecondary institutions Thursday to participate in experiments designed toRead More…

UC Berkeley researchers have estimated that it takes between 1 and 2 percent of the world’s energy to construct, run and maintain the Internet. According to the research, which will be presented Nov. 14 at the Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks in Cambridge, Mass., the Internet uses between 170Read More…

Undergraduate students may no longer face curved classes in the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, giving professors more flexibility in how they grade their classes. The school announced to students last week an amendment to its grading policy that abolishes the requirement for curving grades for all undergraduate businessRead More…

A committee charged with the oversight of the millions of dollars of student fees pouring into Lower Sproul Plaza’s renovation project is just now coming together, more than a year after it should have been formed. Despite being prescribed by student referendum, the campus failed to put the committee together.Read More…

Changes to UC admissions requirements aiming to broaden the quantity of applications reviewed by the university will affect the way high school students prepare for applying to the university. The admissions policy revisions, devised by the systemwide Academic Senate Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools, include removing the eligibilityRead More…

Researchers at UC Berkeley have determined the specific areas of the brain that value and interpret decisions, which they hope may lead to new treatments for individuals who struggle with addiction. By measuring the neural activity of macaque monkeys, researchers were able to pinpoint the two specific ways the brainRead More…

Since dozens of toilets and urinals in University Hall were converted a few months ago to use less water, the hall has seen a significant drop in its water consumption — just a small part of the campus’s overall water conservation goal. There, UC Berkeley has begun work in itsRead More…